Quality Education Fund Thematic Networks - Schools (QTN-S)

To enhance teachers’ teaching skills of STEM education, e.g. prediction, inquiry, observation, conclusion and fair test; To facilitate teachers to design student learning portfolios so as to enhance the learning effectiveness of students in STEM education and to enhance students’ reflection and self-management skills using the learning portfolio as an assessment tool; To establish an interactive professional learning community that allows teachers’ mutual sharing of their experience of lesson design and teaching; and To facilitate the consolidation and adaptation of the school-based General Studies curriculum in the Participating Schools.

To cater for learner diversity by providing students with interactive and interesting learning experiences with the adoption of e-Learning platforms/learning tools in classroom teaching; To enhance learning effectiveness by improving the assessment design, feedback, analysis and follow-up strategies with the adoption of Intelligent Assessment System/e-Platforms; and To develop students’ self-directed learning through promoting Assessment as Learning.

To assist schools in developing a school-based storybook teaching curriculum that cater for students’ different learning characteristics; To enhance students’ interest in reading and learning Chinese, enrich students’ imagination and nurture their thinking skills; To enhance the professional development of teachers through co-planning, selecting suitable storybooks as learning and teaching materials and designing a school-based curriculum and open lessons; and To facilitate the connection between schools through cross-school networks.

To incorporate the use of information technology (IT) into the school-based English Language curriculum and to use e-Learning effectively in the teaching of reading skills; To introduce e-Learning pedagogies and e-tools; and To arouse students’ interest in reading non-fiction, e.g. topics related to STEM education.

To examine and share with the Participating Schools on how to make use of diversified strategies to enhance students’ motivation in learning Mathematics and their self-directed learning ability, and develop and design autonomous and supportive Mathematics lessons; and To enhance a collaborative and learning culture that promotes professional exchanges among teachers within and across schools.